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Mozilla released FireFox 1.0 preview

Submitted by Andrew Wong 2004-09-14 Mozilla, Gecko 31 Comments

Finally, the much anticipated version 1.0 of Firefox are out on its first preview. Read more from here and proceed to download. Also, new versions of Mozilla suite, Thunderbird were posted. Here's another article too: How to migrate from Ximian Evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird.

Opinion: Microsoft’s new business plan

Guest post by Nicholas Blachford 2004-09-14 Microsoft 37 Comments

Over the past couple of decades Microsoft have, through fair means or foul taken over the vast majority of the desktop computer business. This business however is no longer subject to the stellar growth rates of the past and Microsoft now need to find a new way to keep their profits up.

Contiki 1.2-devel0 released

Submitted by Adam Dunkels 2004-09-14 OS News 19 Comments

The Contiki operating system is a multi-tasking operating system with full TCP/IP support. Contiki is designed for memory contrained devices ranging from tiny 8-bit embedded microcontrollers to old 8-bit homecomputers like the Commodore 64. Here is a screenshot of Contiki rendering the mobile/text-mode version of OSNews (double sized, C64 only does 320x200 in this mode).

Linare Linux 2.0 Available for Free Download

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-14 Linux 26 Comments

It has not been announced on Linare.com, but it appears that Linare Linux 2.0 has been uploaded to Ibiblio.org and its mirrors, and is available for free download. We will post a review of Linare PRO soon.

The Future of Microsoft Development Tools

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-14 .NET 14 Comments

S. Somasegar, corporate vice president of Microsoft's developer division, introduced during his keynote at VSLive! Orlando on Monday the final member of the Visual Studio 2005 family: the Standard Edition.

Zeta license is now family-friendly; Haiku Interview

Submitted by Koki 2004-09-14 Zeta 31 Comments

yellowTAB has announced that they are making Zeta's user license more family-friendly. Under the new license clause, members of a single family residing in the same household can use a single copy of Zeta on multiple computers for non-commercial purposes. Elsewhere, Adi Oanca of the Haiku OS project is participating on the App/Interface Kit development and HaikuNews interviewed him.

Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 Goes Gold, After a Three Week Delay

Submitted by David 2004-09-13 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 15 Comments

Lycoris, today announced that it has commenced shipping Desktop/LX 1.4 to customers after a brief delay in the original release schedule. It is available in Personal, Deluxe and PowerPak editions.

Progeny Debian 2.0, Developer Edition Beta 2

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2004-09-13 Debian 17 Comments

Beta 2 of Progeny Debian 2.0 has been released, more info here. Also, a new Debian-based distro is coming out soon, in Australia this time (info: 1, 2, 3). More on this new distro with Gnome, soon.

New Mac OS X “Tiger” Build

Submitted by Bob 2004-09-13 macOS 32 Comments

AppleInsider has got info about a new build of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" seeded to a few select developers. Screenshots show iChatJabber support, new "Family Controls," and advanced Safari RSS features.

“Stateless Linux” Project Announced

Adam Scheinberg 2004-09-13 Red Hat 25 Comments

Red Hat's Havoc Pennington announced the "Stateless Linux" project for Fedora, an interesting new philosophy as to how software should be developed/behave. Here is the PDF with all the details.

Review: Fedora Core 2 Reloaded

Guest post by Christian Paratschek 2004-09-13 Fedora Core 43 Comments

This article is kind of a follow-up to my first Fedora Core 2 review, published on OSNews in May. Most of the reviews are published shortly after the release of a distribution, and there's always someone who complains that one cannot really "review" a distribution after only a few days of actually working with it.

Linux Standards Base 2.0 Released

Adam Scheinberg 2004-09-13 Linux No Comments

"A number of software makers and well-known IT vendors have agreed to endorse the Free Standards Group's latest Linux standard to help create common ground for companies building open-source technologies." Read more about the Linux Standards Base 2.0 at News.com.

Novell sees a ‘both-source’ future

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-13 Novell and Ximian 29 Comments

Novell asserts that the future of software development will not be found in the open-source or proprietary models, but in one that combines the best of both worlds--or "both source" as the company calls it.

A Step Toward Universal Computing

Submitted by Matt Handler 2004-09-13 In the News 26 Comments

A Silicon Valley startup claims to have cracked one of most elusive goals of the software industry: a near-universal emulator that allows software developed for one platform to run on any other, with almost no performance hit.

Visopsys 0.42 released

Submitted by Andy McLaughlin 2004-09-13 OS News 3 Comments

Visopsys 0.42 has been released with various touch-ups and bug fixes, plus partition formatting in the Disk Manager, and other GUI enhancements.

JRuby is a priceless addition to Java development

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-13 Java 12 Comments

JRuby combines the object-oriented strength of Smalltalk, the expressiveness of Perl, and the flexibility of the Java class libraries into a single, efficient rapid development framework for the Java platform. This article introduces JRuby, a sophisticated addition to your Java development toolbox.